The newest addition to our family!! SOPHEE!

So I have had our only dog hugger for a long time now and I thought it would be good to get a new dog because I know Faye really wanted a new dog of her own. So after thinking about it for a while I fell in love with a picture of a puppy. Luckily it was a family member that was selling the puppies so I decided let's do it. I worked it out to travel the 2 hours to surprise Faye with getting to pick out her very own puppy. She is a Brittany heeler and has beautiful coloring, Faye is in love and they are the best if friends.

It's been awhile...

We have been doing well! Super busy with all the new fun things going on. Faye just started preschool and she is loving it. It's a big adjustment and has really put us on a strict schedule which is taking some getting use too. I just got a promotion at work which is amazing and will really help us out financially and I'm looking forward to learning and challenging myself. It's been a crazy but great year and I love this time of year, fall and winter is my favorite seasons. :)

Great start to the year already!

My baby girl turned four years old on 01/01/12! We had a family party for her with he daycare party to come later on. We rang in the new year together with all my family and it was so much fun! We got small fireworks and sparklers for the kids. I am looking forward to 2012 and hoping that it brings along great memories and great things to happen! Happy New Years Everyone!

Looking forward to what 2012 has to offer!!!

So 2011 was a good year, it had its ups and downs but overall a good year. I have found my way back to who I was and who I want to be going forward. I believe that everything happens for a reason and although there have been many obsticles put before me I realize that it was to make me a stronger person. I have moved forward & I am not looking back. I graduated from college in 2011 and have had the chance to reconnect and spend time with friends & family. Also be the best mother possible for my baby! So as I say goodbye to a good 2011, I look forward to seeing what 2012 has to offer!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!!

We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year!!

Dealing with the "TERRIBLES"

Right now I am hoping that I am at rounding the corner at the end of the "TERRIBLE" stages in children growing up. When I say terrible I am referring to the terrible twos, three's, and yes even four's. It has been really hard over the years dealing with all the different temper tantrums and fits but we have made it and gotten by. Right now with my daughter about to be four she has more of a vocabulary now and more attitude, you would think that I am already dealing with a teenager sometimes. Most of the time when she is having one of her fits and I get after her for it or discipline her for it I feel like a horrible mother and that I must not be doing something right for her to be acting this way. I feel like I am always having to fuss at her daily and it is tiring and upsetting because I don't want to have to be that way.  I have to remind myself often that she is just three and that she is still figuring things out and finding her way, which includes pushing her limits to see what she can and cant do. As hard as it gets or as emotional as I get about things sometimes when I have hit the point of not knowing what to do, all you can do is pick yourself back up and know that your doing your best. If a certain approach isn't working try another one, try and try again and it will get better. In this area being a single parent is hard because you have no one there to help enforce the rules and back you up on disciplining, so don't get down on yourself. What helps me is to focus on the good times and things they do like hugs and kisses for no reason or when she tells me she loves me and that I am the best mom. Times like that make all the bad times and fussing feel better because after all of it you know that your still their world and they love you unconditionally.

I found a good site that has helpful hints on the terrible stages:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/08/25/living/terrible-twos-myth-parenting/index.html

I cant believe my baby is growing up!!!

In a few weeks my baby girl with be turning four years old. It is really turn when you hear people say that they grow up so fast. These past four years have had there major ups and downs but I dont think I would have changed anything about it even all the bad parts. My daughter is my miracle baby and I am so lucky that I was able to have her. I have endometriosis and I have had it for 10 years now and I am right now as we speak recovering from my third surgery for it. My chances were very slim to even think about having a baby. With every surgery my chances were less and less and that is very discouraging because all I wanted was to be a mom. Luckly I was blessed with my beautiful daughter Faye! Although the pregnancy was high risk and I had some complications with gestational diabetes, it was great! She came to me three in a half weeks early and only weighing 6 lbs but she was perfectly healthy.

So anyone out there reading this that may be suffering from endometriosis like me or that thinks that they could have it, it is so very important to get seen by a doctor and get it taken care of right away. The pain is very bad and some time unbarealbe to deal with but surgery helps the pain for a while as well as other options. Also with endometrosis it is harder to have a baby but it is still possible so dont give up!